Hello, everyone. I'm a theist, that is I'm an theist not an a theist or Ann Elk.

I like to discuss The Bible and Religion. I fancy discussion over debate but realize often one leads to another.

I consider myself very open minded to atheism, most of my family and friends are atheists as indeed, I myself was for most of my life.

I hope we can have some good discussion.

Thanks.

As long as you don't come spouting bible verses ad nauseum, we will get along just fine.

Then welcome. What flavour theist are you? Sweet or sour?

Howdy!

Um, you also hang out at Rational Responders, or used to until we clobbered your arguments. Not sure what you expect to find here. But I am sure the atheists here won't mind taking a crack at you .

Oh and The Theist claims to be writing a si fi novel about how atheists are evil. Thus his robot avatar.

yawn.... # 73

Just giving people here a heads up as to what they can expect with him.

He tried the old "I used to be an atheist" and expect the typical demonizing of atheists.

(July 4, 2012 at 2:29 am)The Theist Wrote: I consider myself very open minded to atheism, most of my family and friends are atheists as indeed, I myself was for most of my life.

Not that I'm calling you a liar or anything, but I've encountered many theists who go through that story of how they were once atheists and were in fact lying.

So, can you tell me what caused to you convert? What convinced you that a god exists?

(July 4, 2012 at 7:35 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Then welcome. What flavour theist are you? Sweet or sour?

Sweet and sour, I suppose.

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(July 4, 2012 at 8:34 am)Ace Otana Wrote: Not that I'm calling you a liar or anything, but I've encountered many theists who go through that story of how they were once atheists and were in fact lying.

You sure about that? It has been my experience that atheist tend to want to deny the possibility that someone could go from enlightened, logical, reasonable, rational and all of the things they see as atheist to having a well informed belief in the Bible.

For example, if you ask an atheist to define what it means they will go to all sorts of trouble to point out that it simply means not to believe in God, but when you tell them you were once an atheist they call you a liar or say that you weren't a real atheist.

From as far back as I can remember until I was 27 years old I was taught, and then firmly believed that the belief in God was the product of ignorant, superstitious, hypocritical, fools who want nothing more than to tell everyone else how to live.

And in fact, I still think that for the most part, this is true.

(July 4, 2012 at 8:34 am)Ace Otana Wrote: So, can you tell me what caused to you convert? What convinced you that a god exists?

When I was 27 years old I decided that I ought to start an intense study of the Bible so that I could have some information behind my skepticism and instead I learned that organized religion was even worse than I thought, but the Bible was altogether different.

So if that doesn't fit the ever changing litmus for having been an approved atheist, then fuck it. I was never one to fit in with group mentality.

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(July 4, 2012 at 7:58 am)Brian37 Wrote: Um, you also hang out at Rational Responders, or used to until we clobbered your arguments. Not sure what you expect to find here. But I am sure the atheists here won't mind taking a crack at you .

Oh and The Theist claims to be writing a si fi novel about how atheists are evil. Thus his robot avatar.

I certainly hope this post isn't any indication of your accuracy in a debate.

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(July 4, 2012 at 8:04 am)Brian37 Wrote: Just giving people here a heads up as to what they can expect with him.

He tried the old "I used to be an atheist" and expect the typical demonizing of atheists.

I hope you don't preach on and on and on and on about atheism in your typical ignorant of the Bible atheistic ignorant overconfident supercilious soapbox fashion here as you do there . . . oh, and no one - anywhere . . . has ever clobbered me when it comes to the subject at hand, and most especially not the idiot atheists at Rational Response.

Welcome.